beef

beef

Edible muscle from cattle, which is commonly consumed throughout the world except where it is taboo (e.g., among Hindis) or discouraged (e.g., among Buddhists).

beef

1. the meat of cattle other than the young calf. It may be bullock, yearling, bull, cow beef or beef treated in various ways including corned, biltong, jerked or its origin may be specified, e.g. grass-fed, lot-fed. See also meat.

2. pertaining to cattle used for the production of beef.

baby beef

slaughter cattle weighing 700-1000 lb at 9 to 15 months of age and grading good or better for quality.

block beef

beef suitable for sale as blocks for conversion at the retail site into consumer cuts.

grading of carcass beef according to quality for the information of the consumer and to provide the trade with a basis for pricing. The grade allotted depends on local requirements for consumers but usually takes into account marbling with fat, absence of excess fat, age and cutability.

comprises the bulls, the mature cows, the heifers yet to calve for the first time, the yearlings including bred heifers and calves not yet weaned. Where calves are not sold off for fattening elsewhere there will also be a bullock group.

beef industry

includes the beef production, breeding, fattening, marketing, slaughtering and processing and sale of the end product.

Regional Development Minister Terry Redman said Northern Beef Futures was a four-year $15 million project, made possible by the Government's Royalties for Regions program, to transform WA's northern beef industry by improving markets, businesses and productivity.

Scotland's beef industry is characterised by opportunity and the group and I are under no doubt that a strong home market coupled with the growing global demand for red meat and premium products points to future success.

NBA greatly welcomes the unexpected but long-awaited news from the trade mission led by chief veterinary officer Nigel Gibbens," a spokeswoman for the National Beef Association (NBA), which represents those with an interest in the beef industry, told

After 12 months of unsuccessful negotiations regarding an incremental reopening for beef, and in the midst of FTA negotiations, the beef industry believes that our bilateral discussions need to be broader than bone chips," says the letter.

On behalf of the farmers, ranchers and communities that comprise the American beef industry, we respectfully ask you to employ economic sanctions on the import of Japanese goods into the United States at a level comparable to the losses incurred by the beef industry," the Senators said in the letter.

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